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Troy Donahue
Birthday: January 27, 1936

Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 6' 3"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Troy Donahue. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage heartthrob, his blond hair and blue eyes appearing frequently on the covers of movie magazines. His most successful film was Parrish (1961), in which he played the title character. A few years after that his career went into a decline; he made only a few television movies between the mid-'60s and his small role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) (in which his character's name, Merle Johnson, was actually his real name). His later films were almost entirely for the low-budget home video market, e.g., Sexpot (1988) and Nudity Required (1988).

Movie Credits
The Boys Behind the Desk (2000)
[ Burt Young ]
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999)
[ James Garner ][ Frank Whaley ][ Gerald McRaney ]
Legion (1998)
[ Corey Feldman ][ Trevor Goddard ][ Parker Stevenson ][ Richmond Arquette ][ Rick Springfield ]
Merchants of Venus (1998)
[ Brian Cox ][ Michael York ][ Michael J. Pollard ]
Bad Blood (1993)
Showdown (1993)
[ Brion James ][ Billy Blanks ][ Ashby Adams ]
The Pamela Principle (1992)
Double Trouble (1992)
[ David Carradine ][ Roddy McDowall ][ Kane Hodder ][ James Doohan ][ Bill Mumy ]
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ]
Deadly Diamonds (1991)
Shock 'Em Dead (1991)
[ Aldo Ray ]
Cry-Baby (1990)
[ Johnny Depp ][ Willem Dafoe ][ Joe Dallesandro ]
Click: The Calendar Girl Killer (1990)
Omega Cop (1990)
[ Adam West ]
American Rampage (1989)
Terminal Force (1989)
Assault of the Party Nerds (1989)
Sounds of Silence (1989)
Deadly Spygames (1989)
Blood Nasty (1989)
The Chilling (1989)
Hot Times at Montclair High (1989)
The Platinum Triangle (1989)
[ Joe Estevez ]
Dr. Alien (1989)
Deadly Prey (1988)
Sexpot (1988)
Hawkeye (1988)
Hollywood Cop (1988)
[ Aldo Ray ]
Nudity Required (1988)
Hard Rock Nightmare (1988)
Cyclone (1987)
[ Martin Landau ][ Jeffrey Combs ][ Russ Tamblyn ]
Fight to Win (1987)
Hyôryu kyôshitsu (1987)
Low Blow (1986)
[ Billy Blanks ]
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
[ John Cusack ][ Patrick Swayze ][ C. Thomas Howell ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Michael Winslow ]
Malibu (1983)
[ George Hamilton ][ William Atherton ][ Richard Mulligan ]
Tin Man (1983)
[ Timothy Bottoms ]
The Appointment/Mr. Tattoo (1978)
Ultraje (1977)
The Legend of Frank Woods (1977)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ James Caan ]
Cockfighter (1974)
[ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Warren Oates ]
Seizure (1974)
[ Hervé Villechaize ]
South Seas (1974)
The Last Stop (1972)
[ Hervé Villechaize ]
Sweet Savior (1971)
The Phantom Gunslinger (1970)
The Lonely Profession (1969)
[ Joseph Cotten ]
Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 2 (1968)
[ Joseph Cotten ][ Andrew Prine ]
Split Second to an Epitaph (1968)
[ Raymond Burr ][ Joseph Cotten ][ Andrew Prine ]
Rocket to the Moon (1967)
[ Graham Stark ]
Come Spy with Me (1967)
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
[ Claude Akins ]
Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
[ Mel Blanc ][ Robert Conrad ][ Bill Mumy ][ Dabbs Greer ][ Mike Henry ]
Rome Adventure (1962)
Parrish (1961)
[ Karl Malden ][ Carroll O'Connor ]
The Impractical Joker (1961)
Ghost of a Chance (1961)
The Chase (1961)
Black Orange Blossoms (1961)
Susan Slade (1961)
Hot Tamale Caper: Part 1 (1961)
The Crowded Sky (1960)
[ Dana Andrews ][ Keenan Wynn ][ Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ]
Condor's Lair (1960)
Beach Boy (1959)
Backfire (1959)
A Summer Place (1959)
[ Richard Egan ]
Imitation of Life (1959)
[ Dan O'Herlihy ]
Monster on the Campus (1958)
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
[ Tony Curtis ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Wild Heritage (1958)
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
[ Walter Matthau ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Richard Egan ]
This Happy Feeling (1958)
[ Blake Edwards ][ John Saxon ]
Flood Tide (1958)
[ George Nader ]
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
[ Mike Connors ]
Summer Love (1958)
[ John Saxon ]
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
[ Rock Hudson ][ Robert Stack ]
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
[ Jack Albertson ]
Man Afraid (1957)
[ George Nader ]
The Monolith Monsters (1957)

Trivia

  • Used his real name, Merle Johnson, for his character in The Godfather: Part II (1974).
  • Taught acting classes on Holland America cruise ships.
  • At the time of his death he lived with his fiancée, the mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao.
  • Survived by daughter Janine & 3 grandchildren, as well as a son, Sean (born 1970).
  • Starting drinking alcohol in seventh grade (age 13). After being dropped by Warner Brothers in 1966 (age 30) he became an alcoholic. Admitted that he was addicted to pain killers, amphetamines, & cocaine, and used marijuana daily. Joined AA in 1982 (age 46) and turned his life around with his sobriety.
  • Received his movie name of "Troy Donahue" from the same person who named Rock Hudson: Hollywood press agent Henry Wilson.
  • He toured in a producton of "Bye Bye Birdie" toward the end of his life.
  • Suffered a heart attack on Thursday, 30 August, 2001. He never recovered and died at St John's Hospital and Medical Centre in Santa Monica, California (Sunday, 2 September, 2001).
  • Former co-star and long-time friend Connie Stevens visited Donahue the day before he died.
  • Son of Merle Johnson Sr., a vice-president at General Motors, and Edith, a stage actress.
  • His admittedly limited talent was slightly chided in the smash Broadway musical "A Chorus Line." The lyric went: "If Troy Donahue could be a movie star, then I could be a movie star!"
  • After his father's death, at age 14 Troy was sent to military school. As a cadet, he became friends with a classmate, Francis Ford Coppola. This led to his being cast in The Godfather: Part II (1974).
  • Along with Doug McClure, was the inspiration for "The Simpsons" (1989) character "Troy McClure".
  • During the early 1980s, his personal and professional fortunes had sunk so low that he was literally living on a bench in New York's Central Park.
  • Died just eleven days before his A Summer Place (1959) costar, Dorothy McGuire.
  • Ranked #10 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).

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